Re: Question about hardware support
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Wednesday, December 07, 2011 a las 12:54:35PM +, Matthew Seaman escribió: Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer. Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does and doesn't work. One good method is to let it boot a recent Knoppix DVD and see what chips it 'sees'; it will not touch the installed OS; Along those lines, PC-BSD (pcbsd.org) has a live DVD or live USB mode.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Question about hardware support
El día Wednesday, December 07, 2011 a las 12:54:35PM +, Matthew Seaman escribió: > Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific > components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather > than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer. > > Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has > reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to > try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does > and doesn't work. One good method is to let it boot a recent Knoppix DVD and see what chips it 'sees'; it will not touch the installed OS; matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ UNIX since V7 on PDP-11 | UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2 | FreeBSD since 2.2.5 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Question about hardware support
On 07/12/2011 05:34, Ammar Shaarbaf wrote: > Are there any FreeBSD drivers for Acer Aspire 3610? > This is the closest hardware match I could find: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=12882 Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer. Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does and doesn't work. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Question about hardware support
Hello, Are there any FreeBSD drivers for Acer Aspire 3610? Thank you and best regards, Ammar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
